SOCIAL INITIATIVES Zakat &Wakalah At MSM, we view our zakat and wakalah contributions as a fundamental way inwhichwe can contribute towards uplifting “Keluarga MSM” in need and underprivileged members of our community. Zakat or alms giving is based on the Islamic principle that Muslims should ease the economic burden of the less fortunate by sharing our earnings and wealth. Assistance &Volunteerism MSM encourages employees to engage in programmes and activities to help uplift marginalised groups and provide avenues of engagement on how our employees can assist communities. As in FY2020, our progress on this front in FY2021 has been quite restricted due to the MCO lockdowns. Despite that, MSM Prai employees continued to chalk up 1,264 man-hours performing volunteer services to clean up a community park in Taman Tunku, Seberang Prai, helping at community PPV centres, and providing cleaning and sanitisation for the local library in Kampung Manis. The park clean-up is an annual commitment based on MSM Prai’s ongoing Community Programme with Seberang Prai Municipal Council, established since 2013. As per the previous year, activities included maintaining the cleanliness of the recreational public park, mowing the lawn, as well as cleaning the area and its facilities. A key highlight for FY2021 on the volunteerism front was a further collaboration by MSM Prai with the Penang Department of Environment, in conjunction with the National Environment Day 2021, enabling green initiatives in preserving and conserving the environment. To date this covers participation in an e-waste recycling campaign and mangrove replanting with community partners. Towards the end of FY2021, employees of SBW volunteered services to their nearby community for flood relief assistance, food contribution and disinfection of a home and a surau. 2020 2021 2019 Volunteer Hours (Man-Hours) Taking up the mantel of volunteerism, teams from MSM Holdings Berhad have also stepped up, the Legal Affairs team volunteered with Free Tree Society at both its Bangsar and Taman Tugu nurseries and collaborated with CGRM to contribute to the planting of 25 trees at the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary. This is done through APE Malaysia’s R.O.A.R initiative. The Group Finance team organised food distribution for the homeless at Pusat Transit Gelandangan KL and participated in a plogging activity at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa. At MSM Johor, five volunteers also helped purchase, pack and deliver meals and hand sanitisers to 70 hardworking frontliners on duty at a Vaccination Centre as part of the company’s CSR activity. Note: Previously, hours measured only covered MSM Prai’s volunteer hours. From FY2022, the Group has started tracking volunteer activities of staff at MSM Holdings too. Volunteer hours of staff from MSM Johor are not tracked yet. 2,000 2,000 1,692.5 WHO WE ARE STATEMENT & DISCUSSION BY OUR LEADERS HOWWE OPERATE MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2021 162
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